Employer: Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD)
Website: http://www.cdrd.ca
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Type: Postdoctoral
Posted: July 05, 2011
Expires: August 31, 2011
Requisition number: None
job description

Postdoctoral Fellow – Medicinal Chemistry

Job Description

The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) provides drug development expertise and infrastructure to enable researchers from leading academic and health research institutions to advance promising, early-stage drug candidates. CDRD combines its drug development platform with a commercial arm, which licenses technologies from affiliated institutions and establishes working collaborations with other biotech and life sciences companies. The Government of Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence program has recognized CDRD as a Centre of Excellence in Commercialization in Research (CECR).

Job Summary

As a CDRD Postdoctoral Fellow, you will be a member of a research team providing critical expertise for progression of drugs from discovery through to commercialization.

Responsibilities

•Working within and across the CDRD divisions, you will be a member of drug research and development projects requiring expertise from target validation, drug screening, organic synthesis, drug formulation and delivery, through to in vivo drug evaluation.
•Performs multi-step organic synthesis in support of CDRD projects.
•Under direction of Division Heads, you will assist CDRD Investigators from affiliated institutions with completing proof of concept packages for selected drug research projects.
•Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience•

•Completion of a PhD in chemistry, an emphasis on organic synthesis preferred.
•Experience in multi-step organic synthesis.
•Preferred candidates will be flexible, with a determination to further their skills in multiple areas.
•Willingness to contribute to, and work in, a team environment is required.
•A good publication record and expertise in an area of drug research.
•Excellent oral and written communication skills

How to Apply

Please send your cover letter and resume, in PDF format, to careers@cdrd.ca with the subject line of “PDF: Medicinal Chemistry”. Please ensure your submission is in PDF format (ideally in one document) indicating your surname in the filename. For example: smithjohn-cover-resume.pdf.

We thank all interested applicants, however, only those applicants short-listed will be contacted for an interview.

Location: SFU

Application Closing Date: Until Filled

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